Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Kansas State University Erika MasonImbody, Project Coord

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Institute for Civic Discourse and
DemocracyKansas State UniversityErika
Mason-Imbody, Project Coordinatorerika_at_k-state.ed
uwww.k-state.edu/icdd
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VISION STATEMENT

• Stronger democracy through enhanced public
  deliberation

Discover
Discuss
Decide
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National Issues Forums

• NIF is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of
  locally sponsored public forums.
• Rooted in the simple notion that people need to
  come together to reason and talk to deliberate
  about common problems.
• Democracy requires an ongoing deliberative public
  dialogue.

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Summer Town Halls
Video Clip
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ICDDs Model of Political Involvement
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ICDDs Public Forums
Video Clip
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Health Care Hearing

• Court Purpose
• Video project with 2 advocates, 5 judges
• Court Process
• Court Findings
• Court Outcomes
• Shown on local cable channels
• Op-Ed columns submitted to newspapers

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National Research

• National Reporting
• Court project held at National Archives
• Briefings to 2 groups in Congress
• David Mathews insights
• Results of national court predicted the public
  discourse over the past several months
• Not a tell and sell kind of moment

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Upcoming Research/Forum

• Wednesday, November 4
• 700-900 pm
• Eisenhower Presidential Library
  MuseumAbilene, Kansas
• Graduate Student Research
• How does media influence NIF discussions?
• How, if at all, did negative discourse influence
  public thinking?

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Institute for Civic Discourse and
DemocracyKansas State UniversityErika
Mason-Imbody, Project Coordinatorerika_at_k-state.ed
uwww.k-state.edu/icdd